Chapter 23 THE PEACEMAKER

"But I ain't no dove-more like a stork, I guess," reflected Sundown as he stood in the doorway of his house. "And storks brings responsibilities in baskets, instead of olive branches. No wonder ole man Noah fired the dove right out ag'in-bringin' him olives what wa'n't pickled, instead of a bunch of grapes or somethin' you can eat! And that there d